442 MONOGRAPHIA POLYGALACEARUM. 
angustus, juvenilis vix comosus, pedicellis erectis, tenuis, laxiflorus. Pedicelli in 
anthesi 3,5-4 mm. longi, tenues, pilis erispulis puberuli. Flos ad 410 mm. longus 
vel vix brevior. Sepala exteriora linearia, angusta alis fere ‘/, breviora, margine 
ciliata. Alæ oblongo-ellipticæ vel subspathulatæ basi longe unguiculatæ, limbo 
ovalo, margine valde ciliatæ, nervis valde anastomosantibus reticulatæ, corolla bre- 
viores, 8,5-9 mm. longæ, 3,5-4 mm. latæ. Tubus corollæ angustus sepalis longior 
in limbum curvatus sed alis ‘/, brevior. Petala superiora cristam inconspicuam 
superantia. Ovarium basin versus longe attenuatus angustus. Stylus ovario ‘/, lon- 
gior. Stigma superius stylo duplo brevius, inferius parvum refractum. Capsula et 
semina mihi ignota (sec. Lange arillus brevis). 
Habitat in Lusitania, Orense Galeciæ (Winkl. Reise durch Span. und. Port.) in 
Hb. Monac. (sec, Pereira) in Tarporiz, Sonto, Lagarteira, Anciàs, Alpedrinha, 
Cabeco do inferno. 
P. FLAVESCENS, DC. 
Flores lutei demum virescentes; alæ lanceolatæ utrinque acutæ; arilli lobi late- 
rales aculeiformes, pendentes, stricti, semine paulo breviores. 
Cat. hort. monsp. 134: Prodr. I, 324: Arcang. Comp. Fl. ital. 68; Caruel in 
Nuov. giorn. bot. I, 22; in F1. it. IX, 408. Rchb. Ic. XVIII, tab. 140, f. 3. 
Tab. nostra XXXII, fig. 19-20. 
Radix lignosa subsimplex, perennis. Caules plures vel multi, basi lignosi, nudi 
et ramosi, ramis erectis vel adscendentibus, glabri vel superne parce puberuli, 
1-3-4 dem. longi. Folia inferiora obovata vel subspathulata, caulinaria lanceolato- 
linearia vel linearia 22 2 45 22 mm., glabrescentia, vel longiora et latiora ad 
"°J, mm. Racemi basi nudi, demum elongati et caulis partem dimidiam æquantes, 
laxiflori. Bracteæ valde caducæ, intermedia sub anthesi pedicello duplo longior, 
linearis acuta, inde racemus juvenilis parce comosus. Pedicelli glabri ad 2 mm. 
longi. Flores ad 9-10 mm. longi. Sepala exteriora lanceolata, acutissima, nervis 
parallelis simplicibus tribus notata, ad 5 mm. longa, inferius majus, glabra. Alæ 
glabræ, lanceolatæ, utrinque irregulariter cuneatæ, acutæ, nervis crassis anastomo- 
santibus, flavescentes, demum virentes vel brunescentes, corollam æquantes vel 
paulo superantes, */,, */,, ‘], mm. Corollæ tubus quam pars libera brevior. 
Crista speciosa partim lamellosa, incisa, partim fimbriata. Petala superiora spathulata 
